HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Allegheny County Judge Jack McVay has beaten Philadelphia Municipal Court Judge Joseph Waters Jr. for the Democratic nomination for a vacant seat on the state Superior Court.
The 56-year-old McVay, a former pharmacist who's serving his sixth year in the county's family-court division beat the 60-year-old Waters, a retired Philadelphia police captain who is in his fourth year on the bench, in the only statewide race on primary day.
McVay will face Harrisburg lawyer Vic Stabile, who's unopposed for the Republican nomination, in the November general election.
All three men won favorable ratings from a state bar panel.
The open seat formerly belonged to John Musmanno, who's now a senior judge.